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mpanhans

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Economist. Antitrust policy; industrial organization; history of economics
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Damn, Servo is like actually fast now

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@pojntfx last time I checked it wasn’t on flathub yet, thanks for this tip. Have been excited to test

@techlore@social.lol avatar techlore , to random

Big news for messaging: WhatsApp is rolling out support for interoperability, enabling third-party chats across Europe. BirdyChat and Haiket are already supported with WhatsApp. Here's why it matters 🔐

mpanhans ,
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@techlore I would if XMPP would interoperate. It would be awesome and also ironic since WhatsApp originated as an app running a closed instance of XMPP. @xmpp

mpanhans ,
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@techlore I wonder if XMPP would interoperate. It would be awesome and also ironic since WhatsApp originated as an app running a closed instance of XMPP. @xmpp

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    mpanhans ,
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    @vkc I had never heard of Qobuz. Are there other similar music stores? Any you do recommend?

    @mpanhans@librem.one avatar mpanhans , to random

    Core postmarketOS contributor Clayton is crowdfunding a new laptop for @postmarketOS development. He's raised over 50%, let's get it all the way! This is an excellent way to support the advancement of Mobile Linux. @craftyguy @linmob

    https://ko-fi.com/craftyguy

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    @postmarketOS @craftyguy Incredible! The support campaign has made it to 100%!

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    “I like iOS, it's much more simple!”

    My screen broke and Apple now expects way too much for repair, is there anything we can do?

    I need this app which Apple doesn't allow on the App Store, can we still install it somehow?

    My pictures are all taken in an incompatible format, how do we convert them so I can view them on my PC?

    After the update, everything is so much slower and the battery drains quicker, can I revert this?

    I don't have a problem with people wanting to use more user friendly software, I do have a problem with that “user friendly” software deliberately causing issues as the corporation behind it wishes to increase their market share.

    If one side is not user friendly because it's not developed well, but the other is not user friendly because it deliberately tries to be worse in order to discentivize certain consumer decisions, then you don't have any good options.

    As much as it's personally frustrating that these people constantly encounter problems caused by their preferred devices, and refuse to recognize them as such, the issue is not the individual consumer that is just “too stupid to buy the right device” but rather the corporation not being regulated to act differently.

    With sideloading now being possible on iOS in the EU, and USB-C having become the default for even Apple devices, we can see that such change is only possible through democratic institutions which truly represent the will of the people, not corporations that wish for your experience to be as terrible as possible if you dare buy a product that isn't in their ecosystem.

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    @pojntfx @thibaultamartin @ErikUden I didn’t realize Hetzner offered such a service. I hadn’t seen it mentioned on the Nextcloud website for example. Those prices are super reasonable… if I were setting up Nextcloud today I would very likely go with that option.

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    @vkc I know that @thisismissem is working on trust & safety tools for mastodon, I wonder if she has any thoughts on what tools can help with this problem or if others are working on them?